2025年2月13日 · Scoop Wellington provides news and views from Wellington, New Zealand

2025年1月31日 · by Claire Nolan Some Newtown residents have been fighting for four years against higher buildings among one-storey cottages. But not against houses being built at a human scale, as they have been built at 30 – 50 a year over the last thirty years.

13 小时之前 · Building costs have increased at an average rate of 44% over the last four years, despite the rate of inflation slowing markedly last year. This was the major finding from a new QV CostBuilder study that looked at the comparative cost of building a standardised 150m² home across six main urban ...

1 天前 · Wellington’s median home price decreased by 1.3% year-on-year to $750,000 last month. First home buyers were the most active in the market in January. Some vendor expectations were higher as they were anticipating improvements in the market; local agents report that a lot of investors are selling ...

2 天之前 · People need to research the people they are voting for. What is the person’s qualifications, what do they stand for, who if any are they co-aligned with, if they are already council members how have they performed – did they do what they said they would do, are they out working in the public, are they approachable, etc.

2 天之前 · Wellington Water plans to dig up part of one of the region’s arterial routes in April for urgent repairs on a major Hutt Valley sewage pipe, warning there will be significant traffic disruption. RNZ reported last year that the 60-year-old Western Hills main sewer which carries all …

by Claire Nolan Some Newtown residents have been fighting for four years against higher buildings among one-storey cottages. But not against houses being built at a human scale, as they have been built at 30 – 50 a year over the last thirty years.

2025年1月18日 · After a “gruelling year” for many businesses in the capital, owners who have survived till 2025 are hopeful the worst is behind them. A common theme among Wellington business owners spoken to by RNZ was that 2024 was tough – with very few exceptions. Many people were unaware of just how tough ...

2025年1月9日 · Thanks Nemo, that was a nice walk down memory lane. I think you are correct about what Prime will do in the meantime – keep the car park but hopefully ensure there is a walkway from Courtenay Place through to Te Papa and the waterfront which is where I believe Wellington’s major social attractions should happen including the refurbished band rotunda.

A Wellington-based drug supplier has had nearly $340,000 in assets seized, including a 42-foot launch and high-end art, and could stand to lose more than $2.5 million more. A Ralph Hotere lithograph was also seized This is the result of a long-running investigation by the Police Asset Recovery Unit ...